Senior Product Development Chemist
About The Position
Arclin USA is currently looking to fill a Senior Product Development Chemist position at our Cleveland (Coit), OH location. Reporting into the Manager, Innovation Programs, This position is responsible for designing, executing, analysis and documentation of new product development and research associated with innovative chemistry based products and solutions which support Arclin’s product development strategy. This position is also responsible for developing technology strategies within a given market segment while providing leadership in developing technical solutions to customer process issues, and managing technical service and application lab resources on a North American basis.
Requirements
- Bachelors’ degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Wood Science, or related field is required
- Five plus (5) years job related experience
- Strong technical knowledge in a given application area
- Proven ability to lead a technical team
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Ability to coordinate activities both on site and between sites
Responsibilities
- Assist the Business and/or Technical Directors with the development, implementation and deployment of an approved technology strategy for each market segment
- Identify and recommend optimum resource deployment, including lab activity, in support of the respective strategy
- Integrates the innovative thinking of direct reports, peers, project team members into decisions which benefit project outcomes, while building the capabilities of team members
- Creates a team environment conducive to innovation; sustains team members’ focus on time/cost/quality outcomes while delivering innovative solutions
- Ensures that project work occurs in compliance with all Arclin policies and procedures including HSE and regulatory requirements
- Achieves project or defined sub-set of departmental objectives within agreed time, cost, and quality parameters.
- Gains credibility with peers by delivering results which accelerate Arclin’s progress towards strategic goals, while being consistent with Arclin’s values
- Communicates with internal and external customers to ensure project plans and work in progress will meet desired outcomes
- Interface with Customer personnel to determine current and future technology needs and recommend appropriate action plans to the Business Region Management
- Solicits feedback from key stakeholders at regular intervals to ensure quality, cost and response time continue to meet with customer expectations
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
